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Woodwardia virginica
Virginian Chain Fern
Acadia National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Virginian Chain Fern
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Polypodiophytina, Subclass Polypodiidae, Order Polypodiales, Suborder Aspleniineae, Family Blechnaceae, Genus Anchistea, Species Woodwardia virginica


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NatureServe State Rank:
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 4 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Assateague Island National Seashore	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Thicket National Preserve	Canaveral National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Minute Man National Historical Park
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Natchez Trace Parkway
Oxon Run National Parkway	Piscataway Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve


Last Modified Date:	8/16/2002

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/10/2025 10:54:02 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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